Feeney Talks With Friends

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #145 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Heather Colp. It was great to talk with my #friend, Heather!  Heather is the Owner of Colp Building Consulting.  We talked about: Avi #91 & #119 (minute 1) Colp Building Consulting sponsors Friends of Feeney (minute 2) Explain “Designing and Consulting” to a 3rd Grader  (minute 4) Glastonbury Education Foundation (m...

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #144 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Cristina Savin.  It was great to talk with my #friend, Cristina!  Cristina is the founder of Sweet Bear Coffee Company.  We talked about: Restore Hyper Wellness (minute 1) Sweet Bear Coffee Company  (minute 2) Explain “Fair Trade” to a 3rd Grader  (minute 4) Costs of coffee (minute 6) The Wiley Family (minute 8) Flavors...

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #143 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Chidebe Ndibe It was great to talk with my #friend, Chi!  Chidebe is an Associate Software Engineer at The Hartford and the Content Creator of Jumps By Chi.  We talked about: 143 & Nancy Sohn (minute 1) Working at The Hartford  (minute 2) Explain “Software Engineer” to a 3rd Grader  (minute 4) Jumps by Chi (minute 7...

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #142 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Samantha Merwin and Shaleela Pina. It was great to talk with my #friends , Sam and Shaleela! Sam is the President and Shaleela is the Director of Community Outreach and Fundraising of ElbowBumpKid Inc. We talked about: The ElbowBumpKid logo (minute 1) What is Type 1 Diabetes?  (minute 2) Dianniversary (minute 5) Time ma...

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #141 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Ryan Young and Terisa Licciardi  It was great to talk with my #friends, Ryan and Terisa!  Ryan is the Bank Manager and Terisa is the Assistant Bank Manager at PeoplesBank.  We talked about: Celebrate West Hartford  (minute 1) Hartford Boys and Girls Club  (minute 7) Terisa is the Assistant Bank Manager (minute 8:30) Rya...

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #140 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Sandy Finnimore and Chloe Roberts. It was great to talk with my #friends , Sandy and Chloe! Sandy is the Competitive Employment Coordinator and Chloe is an intern at Favarh’s Project SEARCH. We talked about: Competitive Employment Coordinator (CEC) (minute 1) Beanz & Co. (minute 4) The Special Olympics Summer Games...

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #139 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Susan Averna. It was great to talk with my good #friend, Susan! Susan is an author, coach, college professor, public speaker, counselor and psychologist. We talked about: Explaining what “Mental Health” to 3rd Grader (minute 1) Feeney’s reflection after school drop off (minute 3) Her inspiration to study psychology (min...

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #138 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Ben Fuchs. It was great to talk with my good #friend (& frenemy on the court), Ben. Ben is the Founder of Fuchs Financial. We talked about: Feeney elbowed Fuchs on the basketball court (minute 2) For consecutive years, Fuchs Financial is an Exclusive Hole Sponsor (minute 5) Brook Goff (minute 7) How many families ha...

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #137 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Jenny Alzate.  It was great to talk with my #friend, Jenny.  Jenny is an Integrative Psychotherapist and Co-founder of The Enlightenment Counseling Center.  We talked about: E.F.T. - Emotional Freedom Tapping (minute 1) Being a Psychotherapist (minute 5) May is Mental Health Awareness Month  (minute 6) Does exercise hel...

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #136 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Greg Confessore. It was great to talk with my #friend, Greg He is the Vice-President of Cricket Press Inc. We talked about: Earning Family-owned Small Business of the Year (minute 1) Cricket Press (minute 3) Podcast sponsors (minute 5) 4 Keys (sponsored by West Hartford Lock) to being Vice President (minute 6) What make...

#FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Michael Cantor It was great to talk with my #friend, Michael! He was the co-managing partner and is now a lawyer/employee of Cantor Colburn LLP. We talked about: What is “intellectual property”? (minute 1) Tangible properties vs Intangible properties (minute 4) Intellectual properties litigation (minute 5) What makes Phil Colburn a good #friend? (minute 7) Their c...

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #134 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Rick Wells.  It was great to talk with my good #friend, Rick!  He is a financial advisor at Baystate Financial.  We talked about: Ryan’s Softwash (minute 1) Being a male elementary school teacher  (minute 2) Anthony’s favorite teacher was Dr. Wells (minute 5) Recess games (minute 7) Dorian from Doro (minute 9) Patriotic...

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #133 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring  Ryan McGinnis.  It was great to talk with my #friend, Ryan!  He is the owner of Ryan’s Softwash.  We talked about: Thank you card from Christina from Empower (minute 1) Ryan donated $2000 worth of toys to our Toy Drive (minute 2) Webster Hill School and the West Hartford community (minute 5) The softwash business (minu...

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #132 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring  Christina Zarotney and Tom Atterrato. It was great to talk with my #friends, Christina and Tom!  Christina is a teacher and Program Coordinator for Empower. Tom is a Detective and Mentor for Empower.   We talked about: Empower in CT (minute 1) Cara Belvin (minute 2) Christina is a Program Coordinator (minute 4) Become...

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #131 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring  John Lyons.  It was great to talk with my #friend, John !  John is a car enthusiast and “town weatherman.”   We talked about: Marsha and WHFD (minute 1) John’s daughters (minute 2) Podcast sponsors (minute 3) Being the “Local Facebook Meteorologist” (minute 5) Parades (minute 6) John’s job with classic cars (minute 7)...

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #130  of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Allie Belluci.  It was great to talk with my #friend, Allie!  Allie is the owner of Bellu Jean Creative LLC.   We talked about: West Hartford (minute 1) Bellu Jean Creative (minute 3) Allie created the Friends of Feeney website (minute 3) Allie’s inspiration and story (minute 5) Teaching during Covid-19 (minute 8) Came...

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #129 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Anthony Torromeo.  It was great to talk with my #friend, Anthony!  Anthony is the President of Anthony’s Abatement.   We talked about: SCSU  (minute 1) What’s Abatement? (minute 3) Friends of Fox (minute 5) Super Bowl commercial  (minute 6.40) Evan runs the website (minute 8.40) Anthony’s Abatement tee shirt (minute 11....

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #128 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Patrice Taffe, Victor Gonzalez and Kyle Egress!  It was great to talk with my #friends, Patrice, Victor and Kyle!  The trio are Rotarians for The Rotary Club of West Hartford . Their 13th Annual Vines of March event is on Saturday, March 1, 2025.  We talked about: The Vines of March event (minute 1) The Rotary Club Dict...

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #127 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Bill and Max Markowitz .  It was great to talk with my #friends, Bill and Max!  Bill is a Marketing Specialist for Ashley Furniture . Max is a Movie Critic and Blogger on The Film Critic’s Ticket.   We talked about: Swim, Sauna, Steam, Shave & Shower at the JCC (minute 2) Thai Tran (minute 6.40) Podcast sponsors (mi...

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #126 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Helen Brower and Cesar Contreras. It was great to talk with my #friends, Helen and Cesar! Helen and Cesar own Sally and Bob’s Eatery. We talked about: Podcast sponsors (minute 2) 3 Keys (sponsored by West Hartford Lock) to owning a restaurant (minute 3) Cesar’s favorite meal to cook (minute 4.30) Carne Asada & Avoca...

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #125 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Greg Hammond and Chelsea Dropik.  It was great to talk with my #friends, Greg & Chelsea!  Greg is a financial coach for HammondIles Wealth Advisors and Chelse is a Campaign Development Director for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society . They collaborated on the Connecticut Beer Tour for a Cancer-Free Future.   We tal...

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #124 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Steve Boyle.  It was great to talk with my good #friend, Steve!  Steve is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of 241 Sports Camp .  We talked about: How 241 got started (minute 2) 241 in Africa (minute 7) Podcast sponsors (minute 10) 3 Keys (sponsored by West Hartford Lock) to being CoFounder/Executive Director (minut...

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #123 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Stefania Sassano.  It was great to talk with my #friend, Stefania!  Stefania is a Production Associate for Directline Media and a Cosplay Content Creator .  We talked about: Being a Content Creator (minute 1) Cosplay (minute 3) Creator Fund on TikTok (minute 5) Being a YouTuber (minute 9) Attending The University of New...

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #122 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Stephen Espinal.  It was great to talk with my #friend and neighbor, Stephen!  Stephen is an Account Executive for Telecommunications at Universal Connectivity .  We talked about: Telecommunications (minute 1) Past episodes and podcast sponsors (minute 3) 4 Keys (sponsored by West Hartford Lock) to being an Account Exec...

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #121 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Joey Batts.  It was great to talk with my good #friend, Joey!  Joey is a teacher and the founder of the nonprofit organization, Hip Hop for the Homeless .   We talked about: Joey Batts is my Best Friend (minute 1) Hip Hop for the Homeless - Year 11 (minute 3) HH4H Board of Directors (minute 7) Joey has been a teacher fo...